Hitched: Roller-coaster year prompts reflection, resolutions

6:35 PM,
Dec. 28, 2012

Written by

Dorothy Schneider

In the spirit of new year's resolutions, there's plenty I could - and probably should - promise to work on in 2013.

Patience tops the list. It's a virtue sometimes lacking in our household among toddler and parents alike. Katie, coming up on 11 months, doesn't have much either, but she gets more leeway.

Brian and I vow almost daily to stay calm and pleasant when dealing with Ellie - who seems to have made an art form out of dawdling, ignoring our instructions and getting into trouble. Usually by mid-morning we've abandoned any and all "positive parenting" techniques in favor of yelling or ...